Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-09
Young man, come to West Virginia,
ORGANIZING NEW PARTIES.

The division of men among the different
kinds of work in this country is more
diverse than the different religious denom-
nations. No religious denomination has
a majority over all the others, and no class
of wOrkmen have majority over all the
others, except the farming class. No Poht-
ical party has ever been organized IN tins
country in which the tenets of any religion
was made party platform. 1t would he
contrary to the principles Of our Govern
meut. Such party would meet with
ivnominiOuS failure. But parties have
been organized, in which the Methodist,
the Presbyterian, the Baptist, the Eplsco-
palian, the Catholic, and every other de
nomination in the land have voted side by
side and worked for common interest,
We need but mention the Democratic par
~. in which all denominations have voted
for century, to illustrate this.
IL has been the same way with men IN
the different professions and walks oil lille
rs it has been with religious denominations
All classes OF workers have voted and
worked together. No great party has ever
been organized in this republic, or any
other republic, that represents the inter
ests of but ore class. Such party never
would have succeeded in this country, anu
never will. Like religious denominations,
the classes are SO numerous, that no class
can muster a majority. Though the agri-
cultural population are in the majority,
they never would organize asa class party.
The agricultural class work on content
eddy from year To year. II money IS
scarce and times hard the farmer works
more diligently aud lives more frugally
and hopes for all things to come out right.
Though he may have great grievances, he
does not run OIL after wild and impractica
bic methods or try to accomplish some
thing, he scarcely knows what, by getting
up u class party. lie has faith in
the principles of his party, he
hides his times and continues to
vote Tor the best men possible to carry out
the principles in which he believes. lie
puts his foot squarely down upon every
effort to organize the agricultural class into
a party. We need hut recall the attempt
that some were making to form party
from the Changers some years ago. The
farmers nipped the attempt in the bud ut
once, and the order has remained free from
being entangled and sunk in politics. The
party and the order both would have per
ished, Just rs would he the fate of organ
lied labor in our cities forming in d po-
litical party.
When We consider the facts that we have
mentioned, what hope of saeeeSs is there
for third party formed from the labor or
CARNATIONS of our towns and cities. \
great many of the members of the OrSani.
cations wOuld not join it, As they cherish
the principles of the old parties. And not
much of this loss would be supplied
from persons outside of the organ
izatiOns. IL would be class party in
which not all the class would work. How
could such an organization long endure,
or what would it benefit its members?
When new party is formed it cannot
succeed unless it contains principles that
will appeal to all classes of people or at
least to the majority of them. And the
principles must he different from what are
in the existing parties. If third party
were organized with the same principles
that the Democratic party has, Democrats
would continue to vote the Democratic
ticket and Republicans would continue to
vote the Republican ticket There would
be no necessity for change. Nor will
grievances serve rs . substitute for prin-
ciples in Organizinga party. Such party
would be like those we sometimes see or
ganized by soreheads and disappointed
Ofiee-seekers. They soon wilt away like
weeds under the rays Of the MONDAY sun.
Why Has Sozodont
Become the staple Dentifrice OF America?